Announcements

FCPL Winter Holiday Hours

Frederick County Public Libraries will be closed December 24 and December 25 for Christmas.

Hike: What is a Watershed?

9:00am - 11:00am
Adult, All Ages
Around the Community
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Around the Community
Age Group: Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Join certified arborist Jenny Willoughby and library staff for a hike in the City of Frederick Watershed where we'll see how ecology, history, and water resources all converge to make this a special backcountry gem.

Recovering Identity: A Study of African American History in Northern Frederick County

9:30am - 12:00pm
Adult
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Community Room (TRL)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy, Maryland Room
Event Details:

An opportunity to learn about the North County Recovering Identity Project, the study that changed how northern Frederick County's African American history is perceived and studied.

Children’s Festival

9:30am - 3:00pm
Birth - 5
Around the Community
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Around the Community
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Outreach

Children’s Festival Bookmobile Visit

9:30am - 3:00pm
Birth - 5
Early Start Bookmobile
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Early Start Bookmobile
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Outreach

Freedom BANG Fitness Class

10:00am - 11:00am
Adult
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Darrell L Batson Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

Freedom Bang is a pre-choreographed fusion of boxing, HIIT, hip hop, world dance, optional weighted gloves and just a touch of attitude.  Offering a wide range of intensity options to help you customize your workout.

Thurmont Business Network Expo

10:00am - 2:00pm
All Ages
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:

Outreach at the Thurmont Business Network Expo.

Family Storytime

10:15am - 10:45am
Birth - 5
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Community Room (CBA)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Movement, music, stories and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Read with a Dog

10:30am - 11:30am
Birth - 5, Elementary
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (BR)
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Practice reading to a furry friend!

Teen Book Bites

10:30am - 11:30am
Teen
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Books & Authors
Event Details:

Drop in for some donuts and discuss your latest reads!

Disclaimer(s)

Sign Language Interpreter

If an american sign language (asl) interpreter is needed for an event, we ask that you contact us one week in advance to ensure that we can process this request. If you need to cancel this request, we ask that you give us one weeks' notice.

The Learning Café: Coffee with a Foster Care Advocate

10:30am - 11:30am
Adult
Emmitsburg Branch Library
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Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Community Room (EM)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:

Meet with Kaitlin Morris of Frederick County Division of Social Services to gain insights into our county's fostering needs and discuss our foster parent licensing process.

Bluey Bonanza at Southern States of Mt. Airy

10:30am - 12:30pm
Birth - 5, All Ages
Around the Community
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Around the Community
Age Group: Birth - 5, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Outreach
Event Details:

Join us for a morning of activities and meet Bluey at Southern States of Mt. Airy!

 

1312 South Main Street

Mt. Airy, MD   21771

Family Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Thurmont Imagination Zone
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime

Wag a Tail with 4H Tailwaggers

11:00am - 11:45am
Elementary, All Ages
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Yard - Walkersville
Age Group: Elementary, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Join us as the 4H Tailwaggers Club show off their amazing dog tricks. This event will be held rain or shine.

R.E.A.D.® with Wags for Hope

11:00am - 12:00pm
Elementary, All Ages
Edward F. Fry Memorial Library at Point of Rocks
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Library Branch: Edward F. Fry Memorial Library at Point of Rocks
Room: Small Room
Age Group: Elementary, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Children practice reading skills to the patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs. For Children Grades K-5. 

Blackout Poetry

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Teen
Emmitsburg Branch Library
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Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Community Room (EM)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Grades 6-12. April is National Poetry Month. Try your hand at blackout poetry, using a marker to cover up words in a text from discarded books to create your own poetry piece.